was going to say cant get winamp on osx until brain started working

sounds like a def back-up plan in case i cant source anything :)

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Originally posted by Robbo
does that keep ID3 tags and all that?

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Dom, wouldnt that mean he would need winamp on his macbook?
edit, actually i see what you mean, transfer form macbook to phone, then use winamp on her dell to pull songs off into her itunes, then sync with her dell

[Edited on 10-01-2012 by Russ]

does that keep ID3 tags and all that?

Why don't you use a third party app (Winamp works with iPods, probably works with iPhones as well) to download the music from her iPhone? Then she can import it into her iTunes; simples!

d'oh, i do but its at my parents! VIP IT support guy is gonna see if he can find a mem stick lying aroudn that i could borrow :)

if you have an ipod classic you can use that as a HDD

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Originally posted by Russ
whenever she syncs with her dell it will wipe her collection

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my macbook is an air ie no cd drive, otherwise that would ahve been the easiest way :( im thinking im gonna see if i can skank an 8GB memory stick (or even a 4GB one) and just take my laptop with me and see what she wants! as you say, 8GB isnt much but she'll only want a few songs on there and a few apps i think

easiest way to do the music would be to send her the songs on cd etc, otherwise whenever she syncs with her dell it will wipe her collection. besides, 8gb is nothing if you are gonna load it with music

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Originally posted by Whittie
Just buy her some nice apps Rob :0

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i thought so (and maybe the case for paid apps), but i copied my VLC media player app thaty i got from the apps tore before it was removed and managed to put it on my Mums iPhone

Just buy her some nice apps Rob :0

not the case apps are locked to your apple id. music you'd have to either login on her apple id and sync but then they would be lost when she syncs on her laptop. its a pita

My friend is getting an iPhone at the weekend and I said I'd help her set it up and get apps/music on it etc.. It's an 8GB iPhone 4 - will that come preloaded with iOS 4 or 5?

What i want to do is make sure it is on iOS 5 and activate it on her laptop (old Dell thing) and obv give her an Apple ID, then take it to mine and connect it to my laptop (Macbook) and copy over a load of apps and music etc., so she has a good selection. Presumably I just connect her phone then copy stuff onto it in the same way i did with mine?

What im not sure about is whetehr she can then sync with her laptop (as and when required) and it will copy everything onto her iTunes, or will it remove everything? i have an external harddrive, but i use it as a time machine and it is more of a back up than a hard drive (and WIndows wont recognise it), i guess the alternative is to get a hold of a large usb stick and copy on anythign i think she may want and take that to hers :/